Delano McCoy-Splatt | |
Birth Date: | 11 October 2004 |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Position: | Central Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Fulham |
Clubnumber: | 42 |
Youthyears1: | 2013–2016 |
Youthclubs1: | Dulwich Hamlet |
Youthyears2: | 2016– |
Youthclubs2: | Fulham |
Nationalyears1: | 2023– |
Nationalteam1: | Jamaica |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 21:04, 4 September 2023 (UTC) |
Ntupdate: | 21:04, 4 September 2023 (UTC) |
Delano McCoy-Splatt (born 11 October 2004) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for the youth academy of Fulham. Born in England, he is a Jamaica international.[1]
Born in London, he started playing football at a young age because of his father, a former footballer.[2]
As a youth player, McCoy-Splatt joined the youth academy of English lower league side Dulwich Hamlet. In 2016, he joined the youth academy of Fulham in the English Premier League.[3] [4] McCoy-Splatt captained the Fulham U18 team, before moving to the U21 team in 2023.
In early 2023, Jamaica national team coach Heimir Hallgrímsson spoke of selecting young Jamaican-eligible players from overseas U17 and U18 teams, in order to assess them and encourage them to declare for Jamaica.[5] On 7 March 2023, McCoy-Splatt was named in a youthful squad, containing a number of English-based teenagers ahead of two friendlies against Trinidad and Tobago.[6] He went onto make his senior international debut on 11 March, in a 1–0 home friendly defeat to Trinidad and Tobago.[7]
McCoy-Splatt mainly operates as a centre midfielder.[2]
He is the brother of footballers Jamie Splatt and Javaun Splatt.[8]
Fulham U21